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THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN:
Having written several of Hammer’s most iconic hits – including THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HORROR OF DRACULA – Jimmy Sangster returned to the legendary studio to direct his first feature, a new take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale of man, monster and mayhem with a grisly, cheeky twist: Ralph Bates (FEAR IN THE NIGHT, DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE) stars as Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant yet sociopathic young baron with a keen interest in anatomy – both warm females and fresh cadavers – who perverts the laws of science to construct a creature of horror. Kate O’Mara (THE VAMPIRE LOVERS), Veronica Carlson (DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE), Jon Finch (THE FINAL PROGRAMME), Dennis Price (KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS) and Dave Prowse (STAR WARS) co-star in Sangster’s 1970 “good fun” (The New York Times) reinvention.
LUST FOR A VAMPIRE:
The second feature directed by Jimmy Sangster is also the second film in Hammer’s unofficial ‘Karnstein Trilogy’ loosely based on J. Sheridan Le Fanu's novel Carmilla which introduced an overt sapphic dimension to the traditional vampire mythos: In an 18th century village ruled by superstition, townspeople fear the 40-year curse that is said to reawaken a vampire family dynasty. But when the nearby girls’ school welcomes a new pupil (luscious Danish starlet Yutte Stensgaard) with a taste for her fellow young maidens, the forces of darkness will soon seek the blood of the innocent. Ralph Bates (THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN), Suzanna Leigh (THE LOST CONTINENT), Barbara Jefford (THE NINTH GATE) and Mike Raven (CRUCIBLE OF TERROR) co-star in this “perfect midnight chiller” (DVD Talk) written by Tudor Gates (THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, TWINS OF EVIL)
FEAR IN THE NIGHT:
The third and final feature directed by Jimmy Sangster is a sly nod to DIABOLIQUE, a deft reworking of his earlier Hammer script for SCREAM OF FEAR and masterfully influenced by the burgeoning giallo genre: Recovering from a recent nervous breakdown, a young London newlywed (Judy Geeson of 10 RILLINGTON PLACE) moves to the country where her teacher husband (Ralph Bates of TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA) has taken a new job at a boys’ school. But when she’s repeatedly attacked by a one-armed, black-gloved maniac, nobody – including the sinister headmaster (Peter Cushing) and his jealous wife (Joan Collins) – will believe her. Intense scenes, outstanding performances and dark twists abound in this “radical departure from Hammer tropes” (Warped Perspective) co-written and produced by Sangster
With screenplays for such ‘50s/’60s Hammer Films classics as THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, HORROR OF DRACULA, THE MUMMY and more, he became one of the very best writers in the genre. But when Jimmy Sangster returned to Hammer in the ‘70s to direct the only feature films of his career, he delivered three of the most unique shockers in the studio’s history: In THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN starring Ralph Bates as the sociopathic monster maker, Sangster brings both black humor and deep red dismemberments to Mary Shelley’s iconic tale. Sangster takes fanged lesbian desires to seductive new levels with LUST FOR A VAMPIRE, featuring Yutte Stensgaard as the titular bloodsucker. Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, Joan Collins and the legendary Peter Cushing star in Sangster’s acclaimed FEAR IN THE NIGHT, a taut psycho-thriller with a dark giallo edge. Each film is presented in UHD for the first time ever in North America, now scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives by StudioCanal. This collection also includes the 312-page Horror! Lust! Fear! Sangster featuring essays, interviews, comic adaptations and more, plus over 18 combined hours of comprehensive new & archival Special Features produced and curated by Severin Films.
Disc 1: THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN UHD
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Producer/Co-Writer/Director Jimmy Sangster, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
Audio Commentary With Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Runtime: 96 mins
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
4K Video: Dolby Vision
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Disc 2: THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Blu-ray
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Producer/Co-Writer/Director Jimmy Sangster, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
Audio Commentary With Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas
Frankenstein, Dracula And Me – Archival Interview With Actress Veronica Carlson
Reunion Panel At 1997 Festival Of Fantastic Films Manchester With Director Jimmy Sangster, Actor Dave Prowse And Actress Veronica Carlson, Moderated By Wayne Kinsey
Younger Frankenstein – Interview With 2nd Assistant Director Nicholas Granby, Camera Operator Neil Binney, Production Runner Philip Campbell And Co-Writer Jeremy Burnham
One Frankenstein After Another: 125 Years of Cinematic Adaptations – Illustrated Audio Essay By Gillian Wallace Horvat
The Life And Work Of Mary Shelley – Interview With Dr. Emma Liggins, Co-Director Of The Manchester Centre For Gothic Studies
The Unhallowed Arts: The Creation Myth Of Mary Shelley – Interview With Gothic Scholar Dr. Colin-Azariah Kribbs
Vintage Behind-The-Scenes From Hammer Films
Alternate TV Opening Credits
Trailer
SCARS OF DRACULA/THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Double Feature Trailer
SCARS OF DRACULA/THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN Double Feature TV Spot
Disc Specs:
Runtime: 96 mins
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Disc 3: LUST FOR A VAMPIRE UHD
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Director Jimmy Sangster And Actress Suzanna Leigh, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
Audio Commentary With David Flint, Author Of Ten Years Of Terror: British Horror Films Of The 1970s
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Runtime: 96 mins
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
4K Video: Dolby Vision
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Disc 4: LUST FOR A VAMPIRE Blu-ray
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Director Jimmy Sangster And Actress Suzanna Leigh, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
Audio Commentary With David Flint, Author Of Ten Years Of Terror: British Horror Films Of The 1970s
Illustrated Archival Audio Interview With Actress Yutte Stensgaard By Michael Augustine-Reed With Accompanying Career-Spanning Still Gallery
Live, Love, Lust – Interview With Actress Judy Matheson
Gothic Girl – Interview With Actress Kirsten Lindholm
Hammer Times – Interview With Actor Christopher Neame
A Bit Of Fun – Interview With Actress Erica Beale
Lust Mel – Interview With Actress Mel Churcher
Running Blood – Interview With Production Runner Philip Campbell
Gates Of Karnstein Castle – Archival Interview With Screenwriter Tudor Gates
The Invisible Prince: The Life & Legacy Of J. Sheridan Le Fanu – Interview With Dr. William Hughes, Gothic Scholar & Co-Editor Of Open Graves, Open Minds: Representations Of Vampires And The Undead From The Enlightenment To The Present Day
Strange Love – Carmen Maria Machado, Author Of Queer Reflections Of Horror, Reframes The Sapphic Vampire
School Of The Heaving Bosom: Education, Eroticism And LUST FOR A VAMPIRE – Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
Alternate Version Of Lesbian Scene
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Runtime: 96 mins
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
Region A
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Disc 5: FEAR IN THE NIGHT UHD
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Producer/Co-Writer/Director Jimmy Sangster, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
Audio Commentary With David Flint, Author Of Ten Years Of Terror: British Horror Films Of The Seventies And Mayhem Film Festival's Chris Cooke
Peter Cushing Discusses Hammer In Archival Audio Interview With Denis Meikle, Author Of A History Of Horrors: The Rise & Fall Of The House Of Hammer
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Runtime: 94 mins
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
4K Video: Dolby Vision
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Disc 6: FEAR IN THE NIGHT Blu-ray
Special Features:
Audio Commentary With Producer/Co-Writer/Director Jimmy Sangster, Moderated By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
Audio Commentary With David Flint, Author Of Ten Years Of Terror: British Horror Films Of The Seventies And Mayhem Film Festival's Chris Cooke
Peter Cushing Discusses Hammer In Archival Audio Interview With Denis Meikle, Author Of A History Of Horrors: The Rise & Fall Of The House Of Hammer
The Gaslighter’s Playbook: Real And Imagined Horrors In FEAR IN THE NIGHT – Video Essay By Dr. Alexandra Heller Nicholas
Fun In The Day – Interviews With Camera Operator Neil Binney And Production Runner Philip Campbell
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Runtime: 94 mins
Audio: English Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
Region Free
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Disc 7: Bonus Blu-ray
Special Features:
HAMMER AND BEYOND: THE JIMMY SANGSTER LEGACY – 2026 Documentary By Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn
The Man From Bristol: Ralph Bates Remembered – Interviews With Actress/Wife Virginia Wetherell And Composer/Son Will Bates, Narrated By LUST FOR A VAMPIRE Co-Star Judy Matheson
Joan Collins: Queen Of The Horror Films – Interviews With House Of Psychotic Women Author Kier-La Janisse And Telefilm Historian Amanda Reyes
Hammer In The U.S.A. – Film Historian C. Courtney Joyner On The Studio's Stateside Distribution
Hammer Scribe – Archival Interview With Director Jimmy Sangster
Sapphic Blood Suckers: A Cinematic History Of The Lesbian Vampire Trope With Annie Rose Malamet, Film Scholar And Host Of Girls, Guts, Giallo
I Coined "The Karnstein Trilogy" – Interview With David Pirie, Author Of A Heritage Of Horror
